Award-winning radio producer Dave Isay shares the inside information and his personal inspiration behind StoryCorps; a nonprofit organization he founded to help families turn old stories into cherished memories.

Recently I spoke with Ana Flores of Spanglishbaby.com, and she got me thinking about the importance of exposing my girls to their cultural inheritance. My husband and I are both of Italian descent, and even though we don’t speak Italian, … watch episode

Teaching kids a second language when they’re very young not only immerses them in other cultures, Ana says studies show it can also them make smarter. It might even protect against Alzheimer’s disease.

Did you know that there are more bilingual people in the world than there are monolingual people? According to the Associated Press, 66 percent of the children in the world are raised to speak two languages — but only 6.3 … watch episode